Alkanes Hydrocarbons containing only single

Alkane Hydrocarbon containing only single carbon-carbon bonds. The simplest example is methane, CK, 580 cis-trans isomer in, 598 isomers in, 580-582 nomenclature, 582t physical properties, 591t sources, 583-585 structural isomerism, 597 tests for, 602 uses, 583-585... 

Alkanes (hydrocarbons containing only single bonds) are often referred to as saturated hydrocarbons because they are saturated (loaded to capacity) with hydrogen. The simplest hydrocarbons are methane (CH4), the main component of natural gas ethane (C2H5), a minority component in natural gas and propane (CjHg), the main component of Uquid petroleum (LP) gas. 

Cycloalkanes, like alkanes, are saturated hydrocarbons containing only single bonds. Notice, though, that as a result of ring formation, each cycloalkane molecule contains two fewer hydrogen atoms than the corresponding alkane. 

Alkanes hydrocarbons containing only carbon-carbon single bonds. 

Hydrocarbons contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms. Alkanes are acyclic saturated hydrocarbons (contain only single bonds) cycloalkanes are similar but have carbon rings. 

Compounds of carbon and hydrogen only are called hydrocarbons. These are the simplest compounds of organic chemistry. The most basic group of hydrocarbons are the alkanes, which contain only single bonds. The simplest member of the alkane series is methane, CH4, the main component of natural gas. The names of some alkanes are listed in Table 1. Alkanes sometimes... 

We have seen that there are three classes of hydrocarbons alkanes, which contain only single bonds alkenes, which contain double bonds and alkynes, which contain triple bonds. We examined the chemistry of alkenes in Chapter 4 and the chemistry of alkynes in Chapter 6. Now we will take a look at the chemistry of alkanes. 

Alkane A hydrocarbon containing only single bonds, and so an organic molecule lacking a functional group. 

INTRODUCTION TO HYDROCARBONS We consider hydrocarbons, compounds containing only C and H, including the hydrocarbons called alkanes, which contain only single bonds. We also look at isomers, compounds with identical compositions but different molecular structures. 

Hydrocarbons containing only single bonds are called alkanes, while those containing double or triple bonds are alkenes and alkynes, respectively. The names of simple, straight-chain hydrocarbons consist of a base name, which is determined by the number of carbon atoms in the chain, and a suffix, determined by whether the hydrocarbon is an... 

Alkanes hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds. The chemical... 

Alkane A hydrocarbon compound containing only single bonds. 

In contrast to alkanes, which have only single bonds, alkenes and alkynes have multiple bonds Alkenes are hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond, and alkynes are hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon triple bond. Both groups of compounds are unsaturated, meaning that they have fewer hydrogens per carbon than the related alkanes. Ethylene (H2C = CH2), for example, has the formula C2H4, whereas ethane (CH3CH3) has the formula C2H6. 

O saturated hydrocarbon a hydrocarbon that contains only single covalent bonds between the carbon atoms O alkane a saturated hydrocarbon that contains only single covalent bonds between the carbon atoms of the cham the simplest alkane is methane, CH4... 

Alkanes are hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds. Alkane names generally have the -ane suffix, and the first part of the name indicates the number of carbon atoms. Table 2-2 shows how the prefixes in the names correspond with the number of carbon atoms. 

You now know that alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons because they contain only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms, and that unsaturated hydrocarbons have at least one double or triple bond between carbon atoms. 

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